Printing device



Jul 7, 1931. J, c, ASCHAL, 1,812,898

PRINTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 2, I928 .09 8 300 LZFOE v LU :OOAOIHQM Patented July 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAQUES CAMILLE IPASCHALI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO ADDRESSOGR-API-I COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE PRINTING DEVICE Application filed November 2, 1928. Serial Na 316,659.

.This invention relates to printing devices of the kind which are adapted to be stored in trays or drawers in accordance with a predetermined classification and to be run throu h amach'inefor taking impressions there om. I

The invention has for its object to provide novel means for securing a detachable index tab to the printing device whereby the tab will be held securely and fixedly in place.

Another object is to provide the printing device; with novel and simplemeans for retaininga detachable tab thereon and which will permit easy engagement and disengagement of thetab. Y 'Pri ting devices of this class have customarily been provided with end flanges on the back to space devices in a tray or drawer ormagazine so that-the typefaces on one device will not be damaged by'an adjacent device,, and because the tab-retaining devices havegenerally projected beyond the plane of the back of the body of the device the spacing flanges havebeen made correspondingly large, A further object of the present invention is to provide a printing devicewithout projections beyond the plane of the back of the deyice between the spacing flanges whereby the height of the spacing flanges may be mayalso be reduced, and agreater number vices of many different kinds including onepriece printing devices and those having a ame carrying a detachable printing plate with printing characters embossed thereon,

and with or without an information card. I

have selected for illustration a printing device comprising a frame carrying a detachable printing plate and a detachable information' card. It will be understood that by thisselection I do not limit the invention to'this particular printing device but reserve the'right to useiton any and all printing devices for which it is or maybe adapted- Referring to the drawings, q 59- Fig-1- is a front view, of a printing device reduced, the thickness of the printing device The invention is adapted for printing deembodying the invention, the information card being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top edge View of the printing device shown in Fig.

Fig. 3 is aback elevation of the printing device.

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged sectional view on the line %l of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the printing device comprises a frame 6 and a printing plate 7 having type characters embossed thereon, the plate being detachably held on the front of the frame by the bottom edge bead 8, the lips 9 and the yielding locking devices 10. The information card 11 is detachably held on the front of the frame above the plate 7 by the top edge bead 12 and, the lips and other retaining devices 13. Spacing flanges 14 are located on the back of the frame at the ends thereof so that when the printing devices are stacked one upon another or stored in upright position on their bottom edges in a tray or drawer the flanges 14 form spacers to prevent one frame from damaging the face of the printing characters on the plate of the next printing device. The ends of the beads 8 and 12 and the other retaining devices are spaced sufficiently from the end edges of the frame so that the spacing flanges on the back of one framewill engage the marginal end portions on the next frame without being obstructed by the retaining devices.

The frame is provided at its top with means for receiving a detachable tab 15 in any one of a plurality of positions or for receiving a plurality of tabs. This means is duplicated as desired across the frame at and adjacent to the top thereof and each of said means comprises a slot .16 at the top edge of the frame, a pocket 17 below the slot and spaced therefrom, said. pocket being formed by a depression in the body of the frame from the back towardsthe front thereof, there being a slit 18 at the top of the pocket alined with the slot, and a stud or protuberance 19 in the pocket below the slit. The slot 16 is locatedback of the bead 12 and it is enlarged at 16 retaining devices. The slot I6, the slitil'S and. the pocket 17' areinalinernent andthetab-= may be inserted in the slot 16 and pushed downward witha. directpush throughthe. slit 1O 18'into the pocket 17 ;.and withsuflicientlforce to cause the tab to ride over the stud'19 until it enters the opening 15 in the tab. The-tab is held on the frame'in normal position without deflection and withoutftension. and it. is:

15 secured against accidental displacement by engagement of the stud'with the opening T15 in the tab. The construction is-suc'hthatthe tab is=-held firmly and securely in upright position, it is easily insertablee and it c'an be're goi'inov-ed by, exerting 'sulflcient pullingforceor more easily by inserting a sharp instrument" un'den the lower end of" the tab to lift it so that it can be pulled over." the stud: Here'- toforei themeans which have been. provided ggz on' a: printing device for securing av tab in' place have project'e'd more' orless above the plane ofthe'ba'ok of the body of'the'fr'ame and sincethe faces of the type characters on one frame" are disposed opposite the back of go 'another framewhen the rinting'deVi'ces are stacked or: stored it is-necessar-y to providethe spacing flanges-to prevent damage to "theprmtmg faces;

Anyp ro ections-on the backof thefra'm'es s make it necessary to correspondingly enlarge the spacing flanges so that these. projections" will clear'the typefaces-of the=next print ing device; This I has 5 the effect of thicken-- H ingthe printing device and correspondingly: e -limits the number which can-bestored in a"- given space. '-'Bymaking the pockets: and securing the tab in accordance with: my' 1n-= Vention the securing means an'dthetab will not 'pr'oject above theplaneofthe back of the ie body of "the plateand thersp'aoingflan'ges can;

be made correspondingly smaller or thinner;

, respondingly lessened, and a greater number of'printing devices can be stored in a given et? s13 ac'e. Whilethereduction in thicknessis comparativelylittle on" a single printing de vice it. amounts to considerable yin the ag-* gregate and will enable several more print-'- ing devices to be used" in a maga'zinmtray'or i se 'drawe'r" of the dimensions, now commonly used. And 'since these lists of printing de vices often' aggregate many thousands and sometimes many millions it is apparent that I a reduction in the thickness of thedevice is av I of thet'ab' lo'cated in the pocket-"beingdis I -have shown the invention in a. formzwhich" 69 matter: of considerable-importances is well adapted for the purposes intended in aprinting device of thekind illustrated but it may be that changes in theform; construe-- *tion; dimensions and" arrangement of parts may be necessary or desirable to adapt the invention for other printing devices, or for other reasons, and I reserve the right to make all such changes as fall within the scope of the following claims.

In one-piece printing. device? the type characters are embossed and the tab-retaining means are formed on the body of a single platefrom whichthedev'ice is. made where.

as( in the type of.printing .devi c'ev illustrated 1*. The combination of" aprintingdev i'c'e of the class described comprising a bodyg a detachable index tab, and "tab retaining devices struck up on the body and adapt'eol to receive'and holdthetab in fixed-position, said retaining devices" including a pocket dpressed from the-back of the 'body a'nd 're ceiving the end. portion ofthe' tab.

21 The combination of a printing device I of the cla'ss described' comprising a body-[a detachable index tab, and tab-retaining devicesstruck up on the bodyand' adapted to receive and hold the tab with theend of the tab engaging said retaining" devices. located at the back ofthe body and below-the sur face thereof.

3. A printing-device*Of-th'e class descr-ibed comprising a body having a bead at thetop edge' thereof and 'a pocket depressed from'the back of the-body, and spaced below thefbeadfl the-body having'a slot at the bead andaslit] at. thetop' of the pocket-and saidjslotand A slit and pocket being'i'alined 'to receive an; indext'a'b.

4'. A printing device of theclass des ribed compr-i'singra body having abea-dat'its top' Q,

edge and on its front and a po'cket depressedI- from its; back and spaced 'below" s'ai'dj top and a slit at the'top of th'e-pocket' and said edge; therebeing a-slotat the top of th'e bead 1 the thickness ofth'e'printing device willbe col slot and slitand pocket being ada'ptedto re ceive an index ta'bandtohol-d said' ta'b'b'elow' tlre-surfa'ce-v plane of? the back of thebOdye 55 The combination of-aprinting device of the class describedlhaving a bead at its top edge and apocket depressed from its back andspa'ced below said-top edge, an outstand ing stud] in said pocket therebein'g site at-thettop off the bead an'da 'slit'at' the top sertedin the sl'o'tand slit and pocket and ha v of" the pocket and atabadapted 'to' be in in'g an' opening'to receive the stud; that'part? Posed" below the surface of the'back -of the body" and that part of the: tab above I the pocket 'b'eing tightly; held} between that and the front of-thebody:

comprising a body having a bead on its front at its top edge and flanges on its back at its end margins, there being a slot at said bead, a slit below the slot and a depressed pocket below the slit, said slot and slit and pocket being adapted toreceive and hold the tab below the surface of the back of the body and said back surface between the end flanges being free from obstructions.

J AQUES OAlWILLE PASGHALI. 

